I took pictures

Now let's see if I can get pictures up on the blog!!!  In the planter are plants of Poblano and Jalapeno peppers, the vine  to the right, if this posts correctly, is a Red Vine Hop, presumably a Japanese variety.  The Earth Boxes up against the house are planted with tomatoes and cucumbers.

Sorry for not posting earlier

I have been busy with husband as he has been getting the yard ready for when he won't be able to garden for a while.

He had surgery on Wed. April 15th and the operation was a success according to the doctor.  He had a total knee replacement.

AND I plant food

I planted escarole in the whiskey barrel that husband planted one of the apricot trees and some daffodil bulbs into.  The escarole plants are small but will be great in salad while so young.  When older, they will be made into soup.

My husband plants flowers

I am lucky that my hubby likes to plant things, I have my favorite flowers blooming in several spots now, they are daffodils.  Gorgeous.  I have mini ones and the King Alfred ones.

New plantings

Still no knitting this year

My hands are still painful; I am not sure if some of this is arthritis or what but I can't think of knitting on small needles right now.  I am also a bit spacey at night so am staying away from patterned work.  My friend Colleen is making a really nice scarf in the rainbow yarn so I would think that might inspire me, but I don't thing so.

Meanwhile, things continue.

Happy new year

I have been very lazy lately; watching tv and reading and cooking so there is nothing on the needles that is new or nearing completion. I hope this changes but I am not making any promises.

Bobbi and the cats

I wanted to show off the cats that we let outside on a nice warm day, and the pictures that are long overdue.  The mostly white cat is TJ Martin, a cat the neighbors left behind when they had a new home built in another state.  We said we would take care of him, and we have, for 4 years and in the winter he comes in and sleeps with the other kitties but he doesn't like the young, active cats.  The picture is the last one taken,  he disappeared 3 weeks ago during a football game.  The top left picture is Hootie, my 12 year old tortiseshell who is on thryroid meds, and is very much beloved.

The bright chilis are Carribean reds, and very very spicy.  Next is Elfin, a handsome kitten who is very loving, and on the bottom is a picture of Spooky

who is Hooties sister and extremely shy and hides all the time.  I figured it was time to get her in a picture as she is the sweetest kitty and no one can ever see her.

yarns I have been stashing and buying

Two skeins of yarn are from a friend fo r my birthday, the yarn at the top is one I bought as a gift to another friend and I also sent her knit picks harmony circular needle in size 7, and I just wanted to post pics because I found how to do that on the Macintosh!!!  yay, me.

shawl yarn I have acquired

I am going to try a larger project.

Kauni Shawl

This is going to be gorgeous!!! It will be rainbow colored and this is the first diamond on the shawl. I was going to make this one first and started on it over and over but got off track so the Making Tracks shawl was a diversion which will be gotten back to when I have much more done on this shawl.

Going to try lace

I am interested in trying out lace shawls, having worked on some lace socks before. I bought some yarn to match the socks on the last blog posting and want to give it a shot. I just got my new book, Amazing Crochet Lace by Doris Chan for the pineapple patterned shawl in it. I did take a picture of the Knitting Lace Triangles book by Evelyn Clark.

Progress on socks; not much

The trekking 100 socks are bright and vivid. That almost 100 stitches around sure takes time to do. I am on the foot on those. I don't have a more updated picture of the Trekking 106 socks that are toe up; my laptop keeps telling me I have to delete files before I can post pictures. I thought I had lots more memory in this.

Ravelympics 2008

I am planning on doing the SockPut on Ravelympics and think, not sure, but think I joined Team Hogwarts. I don't really have yellow yarn to hand (YES we ALL know I have some, I don't know where it is for the project) so I will do my Hufflepuff Nutkins in Vinca yarn. Of course I need to find the pattern and take a picture of the yarn with it to show. It won't be yellow per se.
Who else is in the Ravelympics??

I am flunking KAL

Oh, I got pictures from the other participants of the KAL and they are working both socks at the same time and they are down to where you need to consider for the heels. Me??? LOSER. Man, I have one toe. No cast on for the second sock, no pattern work in the Storm pattern. I was going to settle down, then the earthquake hit and the news is all abuzz. I called Mom and she felt the hard jolt in San Bernardino, then I called Sis in Italy to report our maternal parent is fine (sister used to live very close to the area hit) so I am still a bit spacey. Not that I felt much, I thought it was the boy cats in the garage romping around, hearing the soft food for Hootie being placed in the kitchen (she is on thyroid pills so I have to bribe her and the boys are too much for her to deal with during the process). I will take pics tomorrow of the socks in Vinca........don't expect much from me.

What was lost, is now found again

I did some extra looking and searching in rooms that shouldn't have knitting in them and found one pattern I was looking for and lo, in my KNITTING ROOM (go figure) found the new circular needles and the new Double points. All the others have been gradually getting found. I don't know how things get separated like that. But, in retrospect, it is good that not all things were in the same place.

EVER misplace about all your needles?

Yesterday I was on my way to a friends to start on a KAL and had packed the Vinca yarn for all of us, but could not find the pack of Harmony sock needles, or even the packs of the circular needles I got in Harmony and Nickle. I am sure I tossed them into my knitting room, but in what bag, and in which direction??. I mean, which and where, I have no idea. I have a couple of weeks to find things and organize them way better. I suspect I was attempting to de-clutter the living room for my husband and I did a frenzid sweep. More to post about the sock KAL as it happens.

still socking along

I have been knitting but the progress is slow going as I am spreading myself thin on multiple socks. No pics yet.

Sorry to be remiss

No knitting means no pics, and nothing to say. I need an air conditioner!!!!

My Step Mom loves her socks!

My Step Sister has IM'd me to let me know her mom got the fuschia socks already!! I only sent them on Saturday and they made it sound it was going to take days to get there back east. How cool is that?